Nick Mobley - Managing Director

Nick went well beyond badge collecting. When he came in to do his Divemaster course with LSD a few years back he ended up buying the company. We still think that is the biggest up-sell in PADI history! He is an Assistant Instructor and spends his time mostly pushing the LSD brand to new heights behind the scenes. Nick used to work in the world of IT & Consulting before seeing the light and living the life of riley.

Nick is originally from Bath so he knows nothing about quality rugby but we are doing our upmost to educate the heathen.

Colin Mac Andrias - Center Manager & PADI Course Director

Colin or Farmer as the world knows him worked for 6 years in Dahab, Egypt before escaping back to the cooler climes of London. After a spell at Diver Magazine testing gear and jetting off to various foreign hotspots in the name of work, he finally settled with us here at LSD. Farmer heads the staff at LSD and leads all the PRO courses at the center. Colin is a Platinum Status Course Director, one of only 70 in the world, denoting the highest level of Instructor training.

Outside diving it’s the finer things in life… Leinster Rugby.

Emily Petley-Jones - Marketing Manager

In 2001 Emily developed a liking for bubbles and became a certified diver whilst on Zanzibar, since then she has worked her way through the ranks and in 2006 took the decision to become a dive instructor. Following her successful IE in Honduras, she found work in the Cayman Islands where she worked as an instructor and boat captain for several years.

Now a Master Instructor, Emily assists and oversees all courses from Open Water to Instructor. Emily is a keen underwater photographer and is always happy to go slow enough on a dive to find the little critters.

Vicki Clark - Club Manager

Vicki started diving whilst on holiday in Barbados in 2004. Since then she has dived all over the world - some of her favourite places so far include The Maldives, Scapa Flow & Truk Lagoon. She has also a huge advocate of UK diving and has probably spent more hours underwater around the British coast than anywhere else, she has even been known to go to Wraysbury for fun!

As Club Manager, Vicki organises all of the UK dive trips and also the social evenings at LSD and you will always find her propping up the bar on club nights giving out advice to anyone who will listen or trying to get them to sign up to a club trip.

Thomas Solly - Dive Operations Manager

Tom took to diving at the tender age of 13, after doing a try dive on a family holiday in Lanzarote. Ever since then he has been hooked and has been working his way up through the PADI system. After qualifying as a Divemaster Tom has worked in many destinations on his travels, including Menorca, Sharm el Sheikh, and Turkey.

He has an unbelievable passion for diving, and in particular taking people on their first underwater experience including cave and wreck diving. He completed his IDC back in November 09 at the London School of Diving, and is now a PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor.